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Donald Franciszek Tusk ( 1957 , Gdańsk ) is a Polish politician, co-founder and now chairman of the Civic Platform ('''Platforma Obywatelska''') political party in Poland. He was one of several vice-speakers of the Sejm (2001 -2005), the lower house of Polish parliament. Prior to co-founding the Citizens' Platform in 2001, he was a prominent member of the cristian-conservative Liberal Democratic Congress (Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny) and the Freedom Union ('''Unia Wolności'''). He quit the Freedom Union after he failed to win the party's chairmanship in a race against Bronisław Geremek . Tusk's political position combines strong support of a free Market Economy without government interference with Social Conservatism . As of 2004, he has been a member of the Sejm. Tusk represents the constituency of Gdynia - Słupsk . In 2005, the Civic Platform nominated him for that year's Presidential Election , where he lost in the second round to Lech Kaczyński . Both of Donald Tusk's parents were citizens of the Free City Of Danzig , and were of Kashubian descent. One of Tusk's grandfathers was Conscripted to the German Army during World War II ; however, he deserted about 10 days later, and joined the Polish Armed Forces In The West . During the Polish elections in 2005, it was claimed by Jacek Kurski , Lech Kaczyński 's assistant, that Tusk's grandfather served as a volunteer in the German Army during World War II , although there is no evidence that he was actually a 'volunteer'. As a German citizen, Józef Tusk was subjected to Conscription . Tusk is married and has two children, a son (Michał) and a daughter (Katarzyna). SEE ALSO
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